Government

Welcome to Te Puni Kokiri’s website for effective governance education. This site is designed to help trustees and directors of Maori organisations with their responsibilities and role as guardians and leaders. It aims to support those who have taken up that challenge by sharing best practice on the essential elements of effective governance. Whether it’s for a small whanau trust or a major trading company, there are sound principles for safeguarding and growing assets for the benefit of their owners.

Kia ora, welcome to Te Kete Ipurangi The Online Learning Centre. TKI is a bilingual portal-plus web community which provides quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education.

Studying at Te Wananga-o-Raukawa gives you the opportunity to enhance your understanding of your whanau, hapu and iwi. For some, your research and writing at the Wananga will mean your first experience of your ropu tuku iho. In either case, if you are extending your knowledge of your whanau, hapu and iwi or for a new entrant to these groups, your journey can be rewarding beyond your expectation. Haere mai.

Te Ropu Whakahau was born from a need to provide professional and cultural support to Maori who worked in libraries throughout New Zealand. There was also a need for Maori voices to inform policies and practices relating to the care of Maori material in libraries and archives, and the provision of library and information services generally.

The Ministry of Maori Development Act 1991 established Te Puni Kokiri, the Ministry of Maori Development in 1992. Currently, Te Puni Kokiri’s work focuses on providing high quality policy advice to Government and other agencies. Recently it has also begun providing services to assist Maori achieve their development aims.

Te Mangai Paho is a Crown Entity established to make funding available to the national network of Maori radio stations and for the production of Maori language television programmes, radio programmes and music CDs.

The Tertiary Education Commission/Te Amorangi Matauranga Matua (TEC) released the Rautaki mo te Matauranga Maori: Working with Maori 2004-07 in June 2004. The Rautaki mo te Matauranga Maori (RMM) is the TEC’s response to strategy two of the Government’s Tertiary Education Strategy (TES). The RMM provides the TEC with an overarching framework in which we can broach and address Maori needs and aspirations in the tertiary education sector.

As a New Zealand Maori, or a descendant of a New Zealand Maori, you have the choice of enrolling to vote at parliamentary elections on a Maori roll or a General roll.

Nga Kaihautu Tikanga Taiao is a statutory committee that advises the Authority on Maori issues. They provide reports to ERMA New Zealand on applications which raise significant issues or interests for Maori. The tumuaki (chair) of Nga Kaihautu participates in the Authority's governance meetings. Nga Kaihautu acts at all times to protect and uphold the integrity of tikanga and matauranga Maori and to ensure it is appropriately applied to HSNO issues.

Welcome to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, the New Zealand government’s source of advice on ways to improve the lives of women. The job of the Ministry is to provide advice on policy solutions to improve the status of women, recommend suitable women nominees for state sector boards, manage New Zealand’s international obligations in relation to the status of women, in particular under the United Nations Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.